Everyone in the 21st century knows the importance of hype, but few people understood this truth in 1903.
In other words, in 1903, some people realized the importance of hype, but did not know how to hype it.
Heinrich realized it and had some ideas, but they were not perfect enough.
But it doesn't matter. Rock will make up for the imperfect parts of Heinrich's plan, and the rest depends on Heinrich's performance.
"Then let's get started, set up a factory, purchase equipment, and encourage farms to grow potatoes. It's best to sign a purchase agreement with the farmer first. Don't do too much at first, and slowly increase production." Roque was not worried at all about not being able to sell.
I don’t worry about losing money, even if I lose money, Rock doesn’t care.
This is why the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer.
Heinrich wanted to use potatoes to make wine, but several families scraped together some money to get started. Moreover, they were incorporated just after they started, and there was no chance of becoming bigger and stronger.
A rich man like Roque can rely on his abundant capital to keep trying and making mistakes. It doesn't matter even if he loses money. Investment is like a factory. As long as one of them makes money, it doesn't matter if the other nine investments are all gone.
People like Heinrich are not bad. More poor people have worked hard to earn some money and dare not invest it at all, because if they fail, it means that they will lose their little savings.
Jing, not everyone has the courage to sink the boat. Xiang Yu is really capable of sinking the boat. Ordinary people will burn the pot and sell the iron again.
Oh, it seems wrong. The pot has been broken, so I can only pony up my pants again.
"No problem." Buck smiled brightly. This time he found the business opportunity not with Rock's "golden finger", but with Buck himself.
Of course, Roark did not treat Buck badly. He gave Heinrich and Barda only 5% of their shares in total. Roark directly gave Buck 10%, and he would be rewarded for his merits.
In mid-October, good news finally came from the Nyasaland Arsenal. The high-manganese steel sent to the Nyasaland Arsenal from the Favart Steel Plant fully met Rock's requirements and can be used as weapons steel.
Rock was very satisfied with this and instructed the Nyasaland Arsenal to quickly imitate Miss Seventy-Five.
A few days later, the arsenal sent Rock another universal machine gun that had just been successfully developed. This was another good news.
The heavy machine gun used by the Northern Rhodesian Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division is the Maxim, and the light machine gun is the improved Madsen produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal.
Both of these machine guns are actually good, and both have the potential to be developed into general-purpose machine guns.
Madsen in another time and space did not undergo similar modifications due to its ammunition supply method, but Maxim did. During World War I, the Germans replaced Maxim's tripod with a bipod, which reduced the
After the weight, it can be used as a light machine gun.
In fact, this modification was not successful. The tripod was replaced with a bipod. It seemed that the weight was indeed reduced, but the cooling method of the Maxim machine gun would still be limited. If there is water, it would be easy to use, but if there is no water, then the Mark
Qin is not even as good as burning a fire stick.
The biggest improvement Nyasaland Arsenal made to the general-purpose machine gun this time is the cooling method.
Although currently, the effect of air cooling is indeed not as good as water cooling, the Nyasaland Arsenal creatively used barrel heat sinks on the barrel of the machine gun to solve this problem to the greatest extent.
In fact, even if you use a barrel heat sink, the cooling effect is still not as good as the water-cooled Maxim.
However, considering the intensity of firepower of the Northern Rhodesian Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, as well as the advantages of air-cooled machine guns over water-cooled machine guns, the continuous shooting capability of the machine gun is really not that important, so the new general-purpose machine gun
They all use air-cooled heat dissipation, and the diameters are all unified to 7.7 mm.
Doing so seems to reduce the power of the heavy machine gun.
In fact, it has not decreased much. The general caliber of the Maxim heavy machine gun is 11.43 mm, and the effective range is 800 to 1,000 meters. If it is fired across, the bullet is still lethal at 5,000 meters. This killing range is actually seriously excessive.
, let alone five thousand meters, if you don’t install a sight and only rely on tracer bullets to correct the trajectory, the distance exceeds 500 meters, which is basically blind. The distance exceeds 800 meters, God knows where the bullets can fly.
Under normal circumstances, even heavy machine guns have a shooting range of less than 500 meters, so 7.7mm bullets are enough for general-purpose machine guns. If the enemy is farther away, the Northern Rhodesian Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division
There are also Paopaopao and Miss Qiwu.
It is worth mentioning that the Nyasaland Arsenal is also improving the "Pop Cannon".
This improvement is mainly based on the progress of artillery shells. Engineers at the Nyasaland Arsenal have developed a 40mm grenade. This grenade does not rely on shrapnel to cause damage, but relies on the steel balls in the grenade to cause damage. The 37mm grenade
When it explodes, it can only produce up to 200 fragments, while when a 40mm grenade explodes, it can produce up to 400 fragments plus steel balls.
The comparison is obvious. The power of 40mm grenade is much greater than that of 37mm grenade.
And the more critical issue is that the 37th Northern Rhodesian Division currently uses the Powder Cannon, because it is an enlarged version of the Maxim heavy machine gun, so even the water tank of the Maxim heavy machine gun was copied.
This design is redundant. The firing rate of the Powder Cannon is much slower than that of the Maxim heavy machine gun, so there is no need to install a water tank for cooling. Therefore, although the redesigned Powder Cannon has a slightly higher caliber than the previous Powder Cannon,
The weight is reduced by 25 kilograms.
This is a gratifying progress, also because Rock did not play a role in improving the Powder Cannon. This was an improvement made independently by engineers at the Nyasaland Arsenal.
"Award, big reward. All those who participated in the improvement will be rewarded one hundred pounds each, and double the amount for the main personnel." Roque was never stingy at this time. It was only a few thousand pounds, but it brought a huge improvement in the combat effectiveness of the army.
As well as the reduction of logistical burdens, the latter point is particularly important.
Speaking of logistics, Rock couldn't help but want to call Rudolf Diesel. The Monster tractor has been finalized and has begun to be supplied to Nyasaland Agricultural Company. Rudolf Diesel only needs to make some improvements based on the Monster.
With improvements, you can convert the monster into a truck. Now the conditions are quite sufficient. Many things do not need to be developed from scratch. After all, the engine, chassis, tires and so on are all ready-made. All you need to do is combine these things.
"Then next, are we going to replace equipment for the Northern Rhodesian Division?" Stoudemire's eyes were a little distracted. He probably saw a lot of pounds growing wings and about to fly away.
"Of course it must be replaced. Not only the Northern Rhodesian Division, but also the equipment of the new First Cavalry Division must be replaced." Roque is courageous.
"The equipment of the new First Cavalry Division is not all in place yet. You have to replace it now. You are really a madman. Where did you get the money?" In Stoudemire's view, many of Rock's actions are prodigal.
"It doesn't matter. If you have no money, you can go to the Rand Bank to borrow it. What's more, the equipment we have eliminated can be sold back to the arsenal for repairs. If you can't keep the money," Rock's abacus was very precise. In fact, replacement
The equipment is not a loss for Stoudemire and Rock, and Stoudemire also has shares in the Nyasaland Arsenal.
Otherwise, Stoudemire would not have been so dedicated to the Northern Rhodesian Division.
As for getting a loan from Rand Bank, it's even more rotten and still in the pot. Rock needs to be prepared now, otherwise someone may jump out to pick peaches at any time.
After all, the new 1st Cavalry Division is not Roque's private army. Although Roque is now appointed as the commander of the new 1st Cavalry Division, God knows when Adelaide's mind will be abnormal and a new division commander will be sent.
Then Rock will be dumbfounded.
In order to prevent this from happening, Roque must find a way to turn the new 1st Cavalry Division into a hot potato. Except for Roque, no matter who sits in the position of commander of the new 1st Cavalry Division, he will not be able to do so.
, so that the division commander Luo Ke can be as stable as Mount Tai.
What a simple fact. Roque is so anxious to change equipment now just to burden the new First Cavalry Division with huge debts. Because the creditor is Rand Bank, it doesn't matter how Roque plays the position of division commander. If the division commander
If someone changes, Rand Bank will have to collect debts.
As mentioned before, Roque only raised 22,000 pounds in military expenses. In fact, these military expenses were only enough to maintain the size of the new First Cavalry Division. The new First Cavalry Division needed to build camps and purchase equipment from
Rand Bank loan, so now the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division already has a debt of pounds. After the equipment is replaced this time, the debt is expected to increase to more than pounds. This number will prohibit many people.
"I have to say, you are really a profiteer. Why didn't I realize before that the Queen was really blind to make you a baron?" Xiaosi shook his head and sighed. In terms of treachery, Xiaosi can't keep up with Rock. p>
"First of all, the baron was given to me by the current king, and the queen only made me a baron; secondly, as a citizen of the British Empire, I don't think you should slander the queen." Roark doesn't worry about who is more treacherous, and there is no point in winning.
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"Haha——" Xiaosi sneered, looking at Rock with contempt.
Rock didn't care, he lit a cigar and looked out the window at the balcony with distant eyes.
Not far from the window is the headquarters of the new First Division.
The location of the new First Division was chosen by Rock. Rock naturally placed the location between Ziwei Town and Johannesburg. The road from Ziwei Town to Johannesburg has been completed, and the workers who had just completed the road construction happened to be entering the site.
Construction of the new First Division's garrison began.
Rock's requirements for the station are still very strict. All buildings in the station are permanent buildings, using a large amount of reinforced concrete and will not break down for a hundred years.
